I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. -- James Michener
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? -- Frederich Nietzche
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing, you learn as you go. --EL Doctorow
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call. --Liz Carpenter
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking--Steven Wright.
When I write I barf on paper, then I put it together. -- Tess Cimini 9/16/09
The hard part is staggering yourself, breaking down all defenses and laying it all down on paper. I dump, I read that dump, and I discover. That indescribable ritual heals. -- Sarah Eder 9/5/09
I cannot predict when inspiration will hit and I cannot force it upon my page. - Maeve Flynn
Every paper is a chance to begin an adventure; a chance to experience new ideas and discover new lessons. - Maeve Flynn
Dull and tedious, we write for the sole purpose of finishing the assignment. - Jeff Holmes
I have not reached the point in my life where I want to write, where I covet the need to write for my own pleasure. - Jeff Holmes
Writing is like a mystery, you never know what challenges you may face or problems you will find. - Jessie Reed
You can be whoever you want when you write, there aren't boundaries or limitations, just your creativity and you. - Jessie Reed
I love looking back now, remembering and reliving through my juvenile words. - Emma Castelli
Yet as time passes, the ambitions of the paper become more precise, the process gets easier, and the flow of writing grows steadier. - Kevin Dunn
The activity is entirely mental. - Kevin Dunn
If I want to explore my emotions, I write. I can be much more honest with myself than with other people. - Caroline Wolfe
I let my inner self shine, becoming an opinionated woman who defies the rules of gender, expresses herself, and provokes the reader. Writing becomes an expression of another side of me. -Rachel Carlson
Allowing my ideas and observations to easily bleed on to a blank sheet, I can call myself a writer. -Carolyn Learned
As I write, I learn. - Sam Cannon
My writing doesn't lie. I write because I can't be wrong. -Ally Frese
"The eraser at the end of the pencil became a best friend, for when the ideas, changed and improved, so did the text on the page. I write to express my emotions."- Madeleine Black
Just as someone devoted to music gets chills from listening to a song that moves him deep down,. masterful writing often has the same effect on me. -Henry Harris
I recreate the themes and styles of my famine author with a pen, just as I imitate the techniques and styles of my favorite musicians with a guitar pick. -Henry Harris
I learned to write. Now I write to learn. - Maeve Flynn
Putting passion into my writing is a new discovery, to which I'm ready to commit. - Amanda Hines
I write to push my boundaries and surpass my potential. I write to bewilder my peers and force them to view me in a different perspective. I write to improve and to impress. And most importantly, I write to discover who I am and what I'm capable of doing. -Paige Gregory
I write to know.- Melanie Flood
In my writing, the trees behind my house transform into skyscrapers, the stars at night are the light of Times Square, and my neighbor is the doorman of my super chic apartment building. -Anna Grillo
I realized that rhetorical devices and techniques can fit into any piece of literature like a puzzle piece is able to fit into any puzzle, if pushed hard enough. -Chelsey Paholski
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I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. -- James Michener
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? -- Frederich Nietzche
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing, you learn as you go. --EL Doctorow
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call. --Liz Carpenter
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking--Steven Wright.
When I write I barf on paper, then I put it together. -- Tess Cimini 9/16/09
The hard part is staggering yourself, breaking down all defenses and laying it all down on paper. I dump, I read that dump, and I discover. That indescribable ritual heals. -- Sarah Eder 9/5/09
I cannot predict when inspiration will hit and I cannot force it upon my page. - Maeve Flynn
Every paper is a chance to begin an adventure; a chance to experience new ideas and discover new lessons. - Maeve Flynn
Dull and tedious, we write for the sole purpose of finishing the assignment. - Jeff Holmes
I have not reached the point in my life where I want to write, where I covet the need to write for my own pleasure. - Jeff Holmes
Writing is like a mystery, you never know what challenges you may face or problems you will find. - Jessie Reed
You can be whoever you want when you write, there aren't boundaries or limitations, just your creativity and you. - Jessie Reed
I love looking back now, remembering and reliving through my juvenile words. - Emma Castelli
Yet as time passes, the ambitions of the paper become more precise, the process gets easier, and the flow of writing grows steadier. - Kevin Dunn
The activity is entirely mental. - Kevin Dunn
If I want to explore my emotions, I write. I can be much more honest with myself than with other people. - Caroline Wolfe
I let my inner self shine, becoming an opinionated woman who defies the rules of gender, expresses herself, and provokes the reader. Writing becomes an expression of another side of me. -Rachel Carlson
Allowing my ideas and observations to easily bleed on to a blank sheet, I can call myself a writer. -Carolyn Learned
As I write, I learn. - Sam Cannon
My writing doesn't lie. I write because I can't be wrong. -Ally Frese
"The eraser at the end of the pencil became a best friend, for when the ideas, changed and improved, so did the text on the page. I write to express my emotions."- Madeleine Black
Just as someone devoted to music gets chills from listening to a song that moves him deep down,. masterful writing often has the same effect on me. -Henry Harris
I recreate the themes and styles of my famine author with a pen, just as I imitate the techniques and styles of my favorite musicians with a guitar pick. -Henry Harris
I learned to write. Now I write to learn. - Maeve Flynn
Putting passion into my writing is a new discovery, to which I'm ready to commit. - Amanda Hines
I write to push my boundaries and surpass my potential. I write to bewilder my peers and force them to view me in a different perspective. I write to improve and to impress. And most importantly, I write to discover who I am and what I'm capable of doing. -Paige Gregory
I write to know.- Melanie Flood
In my writing, the trees behind my house transform into skyscrapers, the stars at night are the light of Times Square, and my neighbor is the doorman of my super chic apartment building. -Anna Grillo
I realized that rhetorical devices and techniques can fit into any piece of literature like a puzzle piece is able to fit into any puzzle, if pushed hard enough. -Chelsey Paholski